#B227A8#B227A8

#B227A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.219 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227A8
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 67.17, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 77.17, 330.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.192 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.219 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1535, 13.7453, 38.3139)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227A8 #27B231

analogous

#7727B2 #B227A8 #B22762

triadic

#B227A8 #A8B227 #27A8B2

tetradic

#B227A8 #B27727 #27B231 #2762B2

square

#B227A8 #B27727 #27B231 #2762B2

split-complementary

#B227A8 #62B227 #27B277

monochromatic

#4E1149 #801C79 #B227A8 #D541CB #E073D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B227A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B227A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227A8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227A8	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#185BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.219 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c2',
    500: '#b227a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227a8;
$custom-light: #cd72c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.317,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54515,
    "c": 0.2187,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227A8

secondary

#6DC874

accent

#E74D41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227A8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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